You may have noticed that here at DailyArt we are in love with Rembrandt. It is difficult not to be enchanted by the technique and ability of this Dutch artist to portray scenes of all kinds. Rembrandt is a great master, and personally he is one of my favorite artists. So join me in wishing the painter today a Happy Birthday!
The work I present today in the Painting of the Week cycle is simply magnificent. Rembrandt has only amazing paintings so choosing a single one is difficult, but I thought I would show the one that impresses me the most: Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee is an intensely dramatic painting, full of meaning and special beauty. But before we move onto the painting itself, a little note about the painter: Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn was born in Leyden, The Netherlands, on July 15, 1606 as a single child. He enrolled in painting schools but his learning was consolidated in the atelier of the painter Jacob Isaaksz, who taught him how to draw and how to prepare paints (yes, in the time of Rembrandt, the painters made their own paints). Still young, in 1627, Rembrandt opened his own studio and due to the quality of his work, commissions began to arrive. After the death of his father and the subsequent move to Amsterdam, things got even better: in about a year he became the most expensive and sought-after painter in the region. Despite this success, his life was not so good. His love story is very sad and as they say, not all is sunshine and roses... Well, let's get back to today's painting: Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee is just one of the many biblical scenes produced by Rembrandt. The painting shows the passage narrated in the Bible in which disciples are terrified in the face of a storm, which Jesus Christ calms down - and then he teaches the disciples the importance of faith. But look at the painting closely: would not you be desperate too? [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1930"]

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